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2023 Best Value Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$31,352 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,728 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration Master's Degree School for You

With 292 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public administration is the #26 most popular major in District of Columbia.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in District of Columbia to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for public admin students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Check out the public admin master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Public Administration

Our analysis found George Washington University to be the best value school for public administration students who want to pursue a master’s degree in District of Columbia. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GWU are $32,904 a year.

GWU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.

Read full report on Public Administration at George Washington University

#2

American University

Washington, DC

The excellent master’s degree programs at American University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration schools in District of Columbia. The American University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at The American University are $38,456 per year.

The American University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.

Read full report on Public Administration at American University

#3

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Georgetown are $55,128 a year.

Georgetown not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Global Region. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. Strayer University - Global Region is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Strayer University - Global Region graduate students pay an average of $15,135 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Administration at Strayer University - Global Region Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Strayer University - District of Columbia helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration schools in District of Columbia. Strayer University - District of Columbia is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Strayer University - District of Columbia are $15,135 a year.

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Best Value Public Administration Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Administration Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 483
New York 1,899
Maryland 254
New Jersey 403
Delaware 29

One of 5 majors within the area of study, public administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 58,326
Human Services 13,238
Public Policy 6,430
Community Organization & Advocacy 3,096
Other Public Administration 588

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The Official CTBTO Photostream.

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